According to a report by Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer shared some details on this year’s original booking plans for the G1 Climax 30 tournament for New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). Apparently, this year’s tournament was designed to be a major showing for Will Ospreay. The original booking plan was to give Ospreay a strong showing in the tournament ahead of making him one of the top six stars in NJPW.
Dave Meltzer stated the following:
“Ospreay was going to do really well in the G1 this year in the original booking. It was actually geared to be his movement — this G1 was actually geared to be his step to the — that big step up to where — I don’t want to say Big Four, but maybe Big Six.”
Other wrestlers are expected to do well in the tournament, namely EVIL and Kazuchika Okada. NJPW has not yet confirmed Will Ospreay as competing in this year’s G1 Climax, and the tournament is slated to begin on September 19. That means international wrestlers, such as Ospreay, who would have to travel to Japan and meet the two-week quarantine requirement so they would have already left.
